A new book explores the man who would serve his country as a fighter pilot, an astronaut and a U.S. Senator
A new web series, 'Re:Frame,' explores American art by making unexpected connections across the Smithsonian
A newly installed historical marker recognizes the site where Charles Guiteau shot the president in 1881
The sports superstar and humanitarian transcended baseball's borders
Celebrating the October 1958 publication of <em>A Bear Called Paddington,</em> Smithsonian Libraries takes a look at several pop-up books
Director Chris Weitz explores the 1960 hunt for Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in the new feature film
The newspaper man's bravery rocked the racist establishment of the South—and heralded a new era of political satire
How a fiery preacher and a maverick Army general took the nation by storm
The founder of psychoanalysis collaborated with a junior American diplomat to lambaste the former president
The formerly enslaved South Carolinian declared that whites had killed 53,000 African-Americans, but few took the explosive claim seriously—until now
It’s time for Mary Golda Ross to be remembered as an aerospace pioneer
Overshadowed by more famous contemporaries, the visionary behind “The Wonder Show of the Universe” left a far-reaching legacy
Henny Sundø is a pivotal figure in the history of WWII Danish resistance. In 1943, aged just 19, she risked it all to make a daring journey in her boat
The little-known story of an early champion of workers’ rights receives new recognition
After moving to Philadelphia and joining the Quakers, Angelina Grimké rededicated her life to fighting for racial equality
Al Capone wasn't just one of the biggest distributers of bootleg alcohol during Prohibition, he also embraced his notoriety in some flamboyant ways
Meghan Markle was an up-and-coming actress when she met and fell in love with Britain's Prince Harry
From getting sucked into a fighter jet engine to a misjudged landing by an approaching jet fighter, an active flight deck is a minefield of danger
In the 1880s, Frances Ellen Work, a free-spirited American heiress married James Roche, an Irish baron
Welcome to the new Mt. Everest of surfing, a notoriously dangerous break off the coast of Portugal
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